Being a self-styled traditionalist doesn’t mean my musical tastes are so staunch that I shun any sonic adventurousness that steps over traditional boundaries. Cross the…
Tradition and Getting Around it
Tag: Welsh music
Transfixing Welsh Folk Music
9Bach Anian (Real World, 2016) Anian is the new album by contemporary Welsh folk band 9Bach. This group to be one of the most exciting…
Interview with Jamie Smith’s Mabon, Performers at 2014 Rainforest World Music Festival
Jamie Smith’s Mabon (JSM), an award winning, Welsh based band is of the UK’s finest original InterCeltic music performers, crossing borders to explore the forms…
Welsh Music
A revival of traditional folk music and a renewed interest in the use of its native Welsh (Cymreag) language took place in Wales in the…